abstract structure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabstractandstructure
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abstract
adjective
uk/ˈæb.strækt/us/ˈæb.strækt/
existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a ...
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structure
noun
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofabstractandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Because we are referring to anabstractstructure, the individual differences in representation will not have an impact on ordinary speech.
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The formal models that are consistent with a critical period rely on innate representations ofabstractstructure.
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It is less stipulative and it is more economical in that it requires lessabstractstructure.
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Here, however, the morphological encoding of structure was borrowed separately from theabstractstructureit represents.
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The second question is whether there is a uniformabstractstructurefor modal\\aspectual verbs versus causatives.
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The model is very applicable in reality because of its highlyabstractstructure.
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In this paper we analyze theabstractstructureof the modular reconfigurable robot by the group theory.
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It can thus be considered a noncanonicalabstractstructure, whereas 123123 is canonical.
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A monad is anabstractstructureconsisting of a type constructor and three functions: unit, map and join.
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Given this machinery, we can formulate theabstractstructureof a backwards induction as follows.
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In addition to the definitional relations themselves, the ontology captures their overallabstractstructure.
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Metrical verse lines in this tradition (and many others) represent surface instantiations of theabstractstructureon which they are based.
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Second, from the perspective of movement-related transformations, theabstractstructure123213 has the interesting property that the second triplet (213) is a transformation of the first (123).
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In some of her latest paintings underlyingabstractstructurecan be observed.
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Multiple trapeze can also refer to anabstractstructurewith trapeze like structures, inside which multiple artists may perform.
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A simple melody is anabstractstructure, but an orchestration is not, because it depends on the properties of particular instruments.
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As mathematicians do, the concept of anabstractstructurewas itself abstracted and led to category theory.
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But theabstractstructureitself is defined in a way that is not dependent on the properties of any particular implementation.
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Thatabstractstructurehelps them to decide if the new string presented during the test phase is grammatical or randomly constructed. 2.
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